Marin County pulls plug on $30M computer program

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. 
Marin County officials are pulling the plug on a $30 million computer system that they say has been riddled with problems since recently being installed.

The Board of Supervisors make the decision to get a new computer program Tuesday. Officials cited a study that said fixing the existing system or continuing to operate it would be significantly more expensive.

The county says the program installed in 2006 by software maker SAP could not handle the payroll or other routine financial functions. It is suing the system's provider, Deloitte Consulting LLP.

Deloitte denies the county's allegations of fraud and says it fulfilled its obligations.

Officials plan to spend $26 million on a new system. They say upgrading the current system would have cost $50 million over 10 years.